Friday, December 21, 2012

Day Nine of the Twelve Days of Christmas Meditations

WE LIGHT. “We light this candle as a reminder of the Christ that is Light within ALL of us”

STILLNESS

WE SIT. SOMETIMES WE DANCE. In a circle, prayer hands or not, open hands or not, holding hands in a circle could work. You can try some bowing and “Namaste”. Namaste translates into “The light in me bows to the light in you”, for me this means “the Christ in me acknowledges the Christ in you.”

SONG

WE SING. We are going beautiful gospel. I just found this song last week, and it's been sometime since something moved me so much! It's Heather Headley featuring Chris Mann singing Because You Need Me. You can listen through the Spotify player at top left of page. ;)

MINI-DEVOTIONALAre you aware that GOD NEEDS YOU? You are the only you who can do things quite like you. God made you, one-of-a kind, completely unique. God has planted visions and dreams and goals in your heart that only YOU can create in quite the way YOU would create them. If you can feel the dream, it means it is destined to succeed, when you follow your inner guidance and ACT, simply because it was planted in you by the Power of our Creator. I know that somedays you may not actually listen to the song, but today, take 5 minutes to listen, even if it's without the kids. It's incredibly moving. Enjoy it as you Remember the Truth of Who You Really Are today! ;)

THANKFULNESS

WE PRAY. You can try “God Our Father”, or any prayer of thanks here.

God Our Father(to tune of Where is Thumper)

God our Father

God our Father

Once Again

Once Again

Thank you for our blessings

Thank you for our blessings

Amen

Amen.

Try a few “Thank you God for ____”, or "God Bless ____".

THREE OM’S TO PRACTICE RECEIVING BREATH

WE BREATHE. Hilarious and Oh-so-fun for the littles. It's not so much about the OM as it is about creating a way for them to connect with their BREATH. Om is an ideal way to teach them to feel their breath. Deep breath in, and exhale OM{sounds like A U M}. Three times. No idea how to "Om"? Click here for the how, or just make up your own way! Here are the lyrics to this incredible love song to God within each of us:

"Because You Need Me"(Heather Headley feat. Chris Mann)

Where was I before your love?
Drifting like the clouds above.
And who was I before I knew your name?
A song without a melody,
A road without a destiny.
And how could I have ever known you’d touch me
And I’ll never be the same.

The world is open to me, now,
With you I feel the solid ground beneath me
All because you need me.
And now my life is in your hands,
You gave my heart a second chance to beat,
All because you need me.

I’ve always had this love to give,
But never had a strength within
To be brave enough to love with all I am.
You saved me from a wasted night,
You tell me that I saved your life,
A flower crawling for the rain,
I said a prayer for you and then you came.

The world is open to me, now,
With you I feel the solid ground beneath me
All because you need me.
And now my life is in your hands,
You gave my heart a second chance to beat,
All because you need me.

And in your eyes I know where I belong
And here, beside your heart, you keep me strong.
You are the reason I could carry on,
Because you need me.

All because you need, all because you need me.

The world is open to me, now,
With you I feel the solid ground beneath me
All because you need me.
And now my life is in your hands,
You gave my heart a second chance to beat,
All because you need me.